Paulo Thiago dominated the fight on the feet and finished quickly on the ground.
Swick's only good moment of the fight was Swick's undoing as he stunned Thiago with a punch only to get too aggressive and drop his guard. Fatal mistake as the powerful Thiago tagged him with a near knock out counter punch. From there Swick was in deep water and Thiago quickly drowned him.
The rivalry continued between Paulo Thiago, representing the Brazilian special forces and Mike Swick representing the only slightly less formidable American Kickboxing Academy.
Thiago seemed to land the first shots in the opening round, scoring with the leg kick. Swick began to counter later in the round as the crowd got restive. But Thiago continued to be the aggressor, firing with punches. Swick got a takedown toward the end of the round where Thiago held guard and threatened submissions.
In the second Swick caught Thaigo and seemed to have him stunned. Then Thiago answered with a hard counter punch that dropped Swick. Once Swick was stunned on the ground Thiago quickly landed a submission and choked Swick out.